-=> Quoting Daryl Stout to SCOTT ADAMS <=-

 
 SA>        Above all in the hay day of bbses the prime rule was that
 SA>        sysops HAD To be active and enjoy the bbs.  A bbs would
 SA>        surely die if it was stagnat and the sysop never posted
 SA>        but every 2 years.  The users see this and if the sysop
 SA>        doesn't care why should they.

 DS> I've been on BBS's over the years (most long gone now), where the
 DS> Sysop apparently had no idea how to run his software, or to assist
 DS> someone with help. One didn't even know what an autoexec.bat or a
 DS> config.sys was (this was obviously before Windows NT and XP).

     Yeah.  Saw those all the time.  Stock BBSes that right out
     of the box.  No imagination and no change even in the
     text of the menus.  They edited the bbs name and that
     was about it.  They tended not to last more than 90 days.

 DS> Even though I'm taking a break from the doorgames on my BBS this
 DS> month, I still logon at least once a day to check mail, and update
 DS> weather data.

     Don't have time for once a day these days.  Maybe once every
     couple days for bbs email/netmail and less for echomail.
     I could recall spending like 9 hours a day at least on a bbs
     when started 20 years ago or so.  Then say 4 in the mid'90s.
     then 2 by about 1998.  Now its minutes.

                                        




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